Hutchinson Sanitary Plumbing & Heating Co. v. Local Union No. 363 Journeymen Plumbers

Citations

• 87 Kan. 671
• 125 P. 14
• 1912 Kan. LEXIS 213

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Injunction — Controversy Ended — Appeal Dismissed. Plaintiff sued to enjoin defendants from entering premises where plaintiff’s employees were at work completing certain contracts for plumbing and steam fitting, and by threats and force inducing them to quit work. On a motion to vacate the temporary injunction the court vacated the order as to all except two of the defendants. All the defendants appealed. Before the controversy reached this court, the plaintiff completed the contracts referred to in the petition. Held, that the question of the right of members of a labor union to use lawful means to induce nonmembers to quit work for employers with whom the union may be at variance is not involved in the case, and that in view of the completion of plaintiff’s contracts and the ending of any controversy between the parties there is nothing left for the' court to decide, and the appeal is therefore dismissed.</p>